Posted by RemBee76:

Posted by islesfan:
Now they appear unwilling to give him up for Jermaine O'Neal.

No they are unwilling to give him up with Odom. In fact Odom is probably the sticking point.

And no, 4ever, don't want out of the convo, just noting the back track. You've gone from trying to argue that its normal NBA practice to cut a supposedly promising young players minutes to saying "Hey, its a Phil Jackson thing".

Thats fine, just means I made my point. Phil Jackson doesn't like Bynum, and hes only the most powerful guy in the organization.

To swing it back to the original point...its not unusual for an organization to change its mind about a young player they once saw as a key part of their core, case in point, Bynum on the Lakers.

He's a project and most projects go through growing pains.


GOOD GRIEF!

Some projects never develop (see Bynum teammate Kwame Brown). On paper, having Jabbar as Bynum's personal tutor is about as good as it could get. Often, though, great players don't make great teachers or coaches. They can't understand why their players don't see the court the way they did nor do they instinctively move the same way they did.

Kobe Bryant grew up pretty quickly in LA. I think they were hoping the same thing w/ Bynum. I think in order to succeed as a straight-out-of HS player, you need an unbelievable amount of self-confidence and/or a great deal of patience/nurturing (let's not even talk about natural talent).

The undeniable HS successes in recent years would be Lebron, Kobe, and Garnett. Rashard Lewis and Jermaine O'Neal are the 2nd tier success stories.

The others? Well, it remains to be seen how much further guys like Curry & Chandler can elevate their games - it took both of them a really long time to start putting out consistently.